lW" 3 - EViSNIXG PUtt'LIO LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATUR13AY, a&R(3H 15, -lOil) . iiS' :? V W i tBh GK & Br t- t I: HP U'l. Az. k!M r,,j i .. . THE RED LANE AS, READ THIS TIRST iVetal Beaulieu, keeper of nn.liin On the Maine-Canadian border. t Promises! liln dautrhtrr. nvancpllne. !M uIiiahIkJ (. a ,.......... 1 nA .. TJnl y. i" '"fUWtlCU 111 U. CUUSUIll, IU AllSSJ JVIIi &T , leader of the bolder smugglers. Tlio M'kdlrl refuses to many itol, leases homo and becomes a teacher In u "Yankee" nchool at Attegat. Noi- man Aldrlch, a "Yankee" customs $ officer, becomes engaged to Kvangp llne. Tho Acadian peasants built f homes on the timbered lands which belong to "Yankee" lumber dealer". Rebellion breaks out when the lum bermen begin diiving them fioin their farms. An lncendlniy Hie de stroys tho school In Attegat. Louis Blals, an attorney, tiles to win Rep resentative Clifford's neat in tho Leg islature by making fale promise". Vather Leclair. tho patls.li pi lest, who knows that Clifford and Aldilch have framed a bill, which. If passed by the Leglslatuio. will give tho lanili ir. tliA nonennta. stni ns his TWO- l$V Tiln airalnst Blals. Blals writes tho bishop, who remoses rather l.e clalr, and sends him to a distant post. The people sign petitions ask ing the return of the priest, which they send to the bishop with an old fiddler, Anajcagoras Billedeau. Elec tion day arris es, and Kol brings lite renegades Into Attegat to "put ovei ' Blals's election. Aldrlch discos eis that Blals has sold out to tho lum bermen, demands that ho ssithdutsv and Blals refuses lie then anests Rol for smuggling, and Kol lesists Aldrlch sweats tho citizens In as deputies and piepaies to take Rol when Esangeline at rises THEN RED THIS B UT it was plain that the opponents who were adsanclng across the square ss ere not detei red bj this bluster: patriotism has Its clarion appeal and these Frenchmen who had taken the sows of citizenship weto pattiots, they ssere the men of the s alley who remembered the benefits Repiesenta tive Clifford had bt ought north from the hands of their Yankee neighbors They ssere men ssho had been made dizzy for a moment by the harangues of Louis Blals, but who had promptlj recosered their -ane senses Thej followed Norman Aldrlch couiageous b, their eyes shining as thes glanced at the eagle on his cap, their mercurial natuies suddenly hot foi combat sslth these rascals who had rushed across tho border to take assaj from them the lights their adopted country had gisen them The gill saw and tindei stood She began to run. Between the factions she tame so suddenly unseen until the last cmlnute that fahe seemed like an In voked spirit of intei cession. She was an apparition; her pnw n of pure white seemed whitei bi contust with those dusty ranks. In her haste her hair had fallen fiom Its loose bonds The men stared at her, blinking wondetment and ad miration. I The men of Attegat knew her, and they svere those ssho ssondered; the hired miscreants, of Rol did not know her, and their flushed faces showed the admiration that their wagging tongues tried to express. Aldrlch stopped in his tracks, as tounded, aghast. His Mist thought was that she had come to search for him; he was about to ciy out to her, But, though her ejes swept him as she took her stand between the lines KK1 Jf men, she did not address him. vj - aius was 110 smmuiiifc kiii di l-?'.e .liAnolva lew 1 1 1 cafotr tT X lnSPrl .., o w. .,.- ....rf -.. He saw her transfoimed, as she had faced him once befoip, her ejes alight ssith the Arcs of her soul! In the center of the square, near where she stood, ssas the platfoim of 'the sillage trough where sweet waters splashed and tinkled from their wooden spout. 1 &ne leaped upon cue piauor.,,. ,.. railed her arm. and the sleese fell , awayom the lounded flesh. A hush. so prorouna tnat tneir sieriorous breathing could be heaid, fell upon them all. This girl of the unbound hair, the wide. Hashing ejes, who hajl burst upon them so suddenVy was an Influenpo they had not expected: but they Instinctively responded to it: they listened ssith open mouths and cocked ears for what she was to say to them. She faced the ciowding men who blocked the door. She knew the men of Attegat. These who massed at the door were not men of Attegat. Hut she recognized the type; she had seen Jhem across tho border at St. Hasil. They ssere swarthv men men of, black beards or tall jouths with dark eyes and a swagger of the shoulder. Thej' were Tiench Canadians, most of them. Her ej'es told her that in an Instant. "Messieurs. I knoss- sour hearts for L5V . S ... - . ... nAA T Ifrtnnr . .,, ..Ill iL-j CJUU UIB Ul Illy im-C.. A HIIUH UU Vtlli listen to a woman -jf She spoke to there In French. Til jCa jfi Silas. llUElll lici tuni wuiauk, 1111 111111H tones carried to every ear. "I do not come because I ssant to meddle In great affairs, my gentlemen. 1 am onlv a Door Acadian clil svho, loves the good name of the men of her blood. I do not .like to see men led astray by the fesv who desire ruin 4nd wickedness, so that they may W)earry out bad plans to help themselves ' i fTt,na.. v,a. Ta ntl.orM 4alA t1,n l.lr.n a kS. Those-men let others take the blows, ff-ttind they take the profit." rA' i1 j She had seen the males'olent face of Ufc "'Dave Rol where he was inticnched among hla supporters, and her worn- .! ' Tir.nttnn tnld bftr the, refisrm fn py'l tha presence of those strangers In fcfL- Attegat. R ' f 'TIj n .w nt n mat-it a 1iaia itinr st -ii i -a i.r.vj:.::r ;:."r"r:"r t& ?Cf" e "BunK """ " "" persist, jttessieura. X3ui. in mo enu ji, meuiis flfhtlng women and children. You Are fighting the women who will be pt out of their homes on the dts- Uttd lands, If more trouble happens re on the border. You ace fighting r' or children who need an education, look Into your faces, and I do nqt 'think you are the sort who care to 80fit women and children. May not 'the mtn vote here as they-feel they attould vota for the women and the MWrert7 Will you fight and go asvay without blushing when you think of Ifull heart anil from tlio depths of my soul" ( I She stretched out her aims to tin m, jher beautiful face glowing sslth the earnestness of appeal, her sold trembling with the pn-'lon tint wis ' 1'er. . Ah, sho understood those men of her blood: those rrenehineii whoe solatile intuies had not been citifclud out of them by tho sslld life of fotost anil hlieain who under .ill tl ilbaldrv I of border life piestred that Dulllc I Kallantry, those nianneis of lomtcss tracing back to the fatheis, tint splilt of qulsotic fersor in tho dun nsscd to a hnnd-onio gill The weie rrenthniPir Theii ejes upiajSed to lier shone; their liats-camo off. Their potations I had hardened them for battlo with I men. Hut these same potations mel iossed them sslien a ssoman s tongue , besought, sslien a ss Oman's daik ejes met theirs, sslien a woman's cause ssas , so unhesitatingly put into their hands "It's little 1 ask of jou, good gentle men OnVy that thelmen of my blood and jours shall be allossed to put their sotes in the hb In then ossn slllage." With her hands still outstretched I sue uauie now ii iioui sou piaiiorin , gho ,leartcne(l by tllcir comUol, anrMf bj. the(r murmui, phc smiled on thcm trustfulls. l The girl had noted ss hei e Represent atise Clifford and Xotary Pieric had tin list themselses to tho fiont of the loyai citizens or Attegat and ssere staling up at her with the aspect of men ssho were beholding a saint ss ink ing a miracle. She ssent and stood between them, gising a hand to each Then sho led them tossard the un bioken phalans. of tl men ssho block ed the was to the tossn-housn dooi ' The ttustful stflile svas more ssseetlj radiant on her face Sho shook back her daik curls, her chin tip tilted, and showed them that face, flushed, en treating. Some of the men began to tluust with elbows and shouldeis Thej growled at laggard-. Thej threatened sullen rebels. The was to the door ssas open1 She passed up the nanosv lane of her conserts, svho stood ssith band heads. She walked betssem tho tsso old men, the candidate and the (hair man, holding their ssrlnkled hands Sho did not bthoid shat happened , nt ono sIde ot the throng, though she heaid tho noise of It Rol had been ssscaiing hoaiselj at his men. He had plowed his waj roughly among them, here and theie i mii !. nfcMp im-ii ii- im-ii iifi. Timii HWIT1inilll!'f fsWMWWHWWWjmMMMME X'wfMiSHH libilTliSiliii IDHHllill ii1! i mwA-LMmMMm Ml Hilllifllii WMmM !"m : 1lNwMBnSrHBHP W $rM 4m fill rfMr i m i l n.5. w rt ",", ""i s - ft Tn I I I 'SOMEBODY'S STEN0G"A Matter of Personal. CAMILLE. ASK. THAT TOUHG MAW, IF H HAS THE TIME WITH rrxHiM : By HOLM AN DAY s , 1 Romance of the Border Insulting them bj ssoul and plodding 1 Ilt, Inciting them to do his bidding. At last ho droso his hand sslth, sshkod seiiom between tho nhouldeitl f u sturds llsum-m and spat n sir- iotis taunt at him That man. his face I consumed, Ills cms ml with sudden i passion, spoke tho thought that was then In the minds of the thiong: "Dunn join dh ts miiiI' Do jou think ! fho doll. us of oiii -tnhn moncs tan liiio hip to tight a ghl'" Vnistlri taunl was tlungiit him bj , the iiifuilatPd etnplosu With an o.ith of proti si he i-tiutL Itol full InliUs C,,S (uuld not translate Hut ho tho fuci nnd the mugglpi wpiiI down lmt (im instinct that belongs to the like i log lie itiugghd for a few , m, of tho oppn tounti, and he moments among the Ie.js of Hip iiipii, sensed ninietlilng qulveiiiig about "I, an scailiau girl, appeal to sou from the depths t nnd then ciassled assay on his hands! and kncfs. Miielded fiom obsersatlon I as lie undo his escape. His horse ssas at tho coiner of tho building. He mounted and galloped assaj-. He un derstood then the npss- spirit of th it cross d It had been thiistj for a fight ssith men, it ssas just as ready to ro sent insult offered to a prettj ssoman. Norman Aldrlch did not note this escape of ills prisoner. He ssas stand ing mute, motionless, stilckcn, gazln; at Hsangeline, his emotions bsselling '" "1H ""ui". ejes uunuumt, ssiu. tears, his lose lifted to the hoi j height of adoiation Sho paused at the door, gentlj- push - ed the tsso old men ahead ot her into tho building, and turned and faced them all onco more "All mj thanks to sou, Messieuis' Maj my friends come in" Again that trU!'tful smi illuminated her face, tno -milo mat loou ner laceinio nei "'" iusiuiil soic-cs oi unseen siugeis confldencp. and the dull dione of a chanting soice, A tall man stepped from Hie Huong and ills soul tin tiled with the mjsterj of the aliens and bossed, his hat on ' of desotion. his lit east At such limes he thought of the poor The polls are open, Mam'selle, ' lie People" of the salley of tho St. John, -aid And Hip sinlstei bundled fiomlaml. though hi J eyes filled and his .. . lliinn n nlsn,l iiAiif frwt ni nP ilntrn r- I I across the Doruer liroko up Into groups and left the waj clear for the soters of Attegat "Let me tell jou tblM Vnt.ns- PIpik" K.l id I he 11 .if. I. il11"' ua "K "lu""" l"c '"'"'" "i the town house, "tlod knows His osvn , busineisi b0ht l lma hem I'mlns 'Iim because I didn't liear fiom Hillc deau. But I reckon that God kept Peie Leclali assaj o tli?t the gill His Pros idenee sent to us jcould base a clear field " ( Ragged fairs dodjalher DO, CpWERINO In the midst of the cltj's tamp and tattle, Anaxarogas Billedeau ssaited' Through sseaij dajs and anxious nights messenger and mtttjr clios en fiom all Attegat for that sacrifice, N. V" tfeo Oa rai., cr,- II Z' TZ., - 1- I C (A-PAV1 ' 7fZlPZII f,A!cy UC C34nc,l7ll - C ,- i. ....- ... . I ic i ftTASV, utUTOC I r n fA r- 1 r-J ' " " ' ..w lo ,tl isrecui i r Ni WAti M TAHO ) HAS HIS WATCH, HE Kg OOESM'T N ?x SBSToBEl BEfiOREONe O'CLOCK PLACE HE'D 5fl Tfl ) SAfS ITS WdO . J -n-imi iTsARniiT . ' t3U I ne vra 1 1 s vsm itK cjf r ,'s t3PrN xjss,, ic t,, , T I r I SVBTlur:!- . A ) PERSOA4AL PREFERENCE So ,'& , ... "1" .' J ... 2 lfei ' P uTSrf 'MEELOLt6WV Attlhor of "King Spruce," "The Ram- rodden," "The Skipper and tho Shipped," etc. the dusts, tousled old fiddler waited .waited in toituics of doubt. In agony ot hope, while his eyes sank deeper under their tufted brows nnd nesv wiinkles etched thcmsolsos acioes his cheeks O' daji he douched uudei his tree l the pail, and listened to tho city's ' oar, f tilth o and fearing like a forest animal nt bij o' night, though tho hideous Jargon of hmn.inlts ssas stilled, sounds mole mjstii, moio poitentotis, housed on tho air fiom all about hlm7--ound8 fXKl A of ms soul" him like the sast le-qmation of .1 monstei, nnd he lemcd Against the tiee's shaggj baik and stated into tlio gloom and ssas nfmid Theio sscip ciusts in the bucket; theie ssas ss.itti in the fountain. He ate spaiinglj and ho diank thnsttij. He dwelt In the paik ns the swallows dsselt theie picking at his cius,ts, drinking and Using his face at the fountain's biim 1 hen the east ssas flushed and lie knesv that the gioat doois of his church sseio open, he ciept Into the mm sanctuaiy and solaced his soul ith lkimble piajer. Sometimes lie , dared to lcmaln lu his coiner until the oigan rolled its mighty tones through nase and transept, the diapason mak ing the p.isement qulser under his knees sshiie Hie plajful schcizo of tho tailing notes sslnged high In the echoing spaces aboso him. He heard i """ ---", " '"' ' ""-icinuu- ation ume oser him. 1Ie IOsC' fl0nl Ills Kllees an1 wellt l '""" a"u " uuec-u sauumij 10 mo Oil door under the porte cocliere. Each moinlng sslien the tosser clock marked Hie hour of nine ho ssent tq tho bish op s door and beat on it ss ith his fist. Each moinlng he ssas sent asaj-. His dismissal ssafa glsen through the ciack of tho door, for this persistent man sslth the solemn face and tho sunken cses'and his.es eilasting quest of "the rjreit bishop" seemed bent upon some sinlstei enand. Behind the door theie had been much talk legardlng him among the diocesan subordinates. He brought I papers fiom Attegat, he had told them. A'eij ssell, but sshy did he not I lease tlio papeis? Why did ho not do Preference With George as 1'ather Callahan had icqueslod7 This insistence upon an Intel view with the bishop himself had a Das or of sus picious determination. There was disaffection In Attegat, , Rumors had come from that far pailsh, Thero mere grudges. This man might prove to bo a dangerous poison If ho were admit- jted to the presenco of tho diocesan I brad. He must be kept an ay. Poi- haps It ssould be well to call the pollcp 'if he continued this persecution. At' all pents the bishop must not bo In ( fointed of tills despeiate effort to entei The bishop was ofd, and he was , not well, and such bodeful peisls- tency might woirv him. So those be- hind the door decided. "Yes 1 will see him. I base been sent to fpo linn," Billedeau muttered, plodding back to the park, his blue bucket on his aim a light buiden now. Camp one to him wheie he sat under his tieo on a sunny afternoon a fel- low unkempt, his faro mossy ssltlf patches of beaid, a sagrant, and set his ecs weie bilcht and tin. sln'm ins ejes wcte uiignt, aim tile fchaip ness of a man who has lled long on his wits among men maiked his de- , i.uanor ' , "You have come heie to stay, base ) oil, my rock span ow?" inquired the slinngei. "I base been piping jou for a. week " ' I stop heie till I base dono my business, .M'pei." Anaagoras put his hand Uion the Utile sad of hioiip, 11I. 11 in in his soul "What Is oui business ag ig, bubo, mouther, or bum"'" "I think I do, none , of those Im poor man I base learned no tiade like j on hii ! 1 llddlu foi m Using among the pjor folks, tnj fi lends, In St. John V.ille " The fellow hat down on the glass and looked the old man oet svlth new Intoip-u. "Well, Tiddler, in the name of the Ancient Oulei of Grass AVaimeis, t welcome ou to out citj. I can't pie Bent .sou with tho kps, because wp nesei loik our Ijpdroom doors" The old man blinked without undei standing tliis chatter. Ho stammcied ".(rcl M'sri!" seveial times, feeling lb it hum of klndn'ss - he did not know just ssh.it lnd been offeied to him hi this stranger of the sharp ees and the glib tongue. "I bj, old min, ou aln'i whnt 1 took sou foi In the first place," cried the strangpi, after a fuithei Mil end sme. of the queer garments, the sun but nt face, tho blue bucket. lie lighted the stub of a cigar that he flslitd from a pocket of his sagging waistcoat "Yotl'io in the dumps, old fellow You hasen't been larking and plus lug latels-. Iso had ms eye on jou Now out with it! You need to talk to some one I'll listen Mas be I'm sou. fairs godfather in disguise Perhaps jou 'r B?tV1??0 'a? "m, Ve th.an 1111111 1. 11 liiul 1 w tk ,,,11 i,iift; 1,1: i beer up to hear it. tio ahead'" Ah, the dajs that An.iagoias HIIIp dpiu had not been able to talk ss-lth jiiv one in that ssildprnesa of human its! Ho ssho had alssajs found so many folk to talk sslth along the loads of tho boidei! His troubles ssselled within him, eager to take the lonii 01 ssoius j 111s uvki'u iiiiui ssuii lUo cheeiy ejes had been the flrs,t to look at him as one felloss-man should look at auothei. Billedeau dragged his shabbs hat fiom his gray hair and twisted it be- lcs.'ll ill's iici vuin iiauos orcnjii uuihl fiom him. Yes, here svas a man svho ssould listen! Till noss he could talk only to the spairosss, the cloud shad osss, and the trees I He told the stoiv of the tioubfes I of Attegat, boss he had been sent on this far jouinej-. and his soicp trem bled ssith the pathos of unshed teais as he pointed to the golden cross abose the tree tops and 1 elated boss he had laid siege to the great bishop's , oak door. I Another man ssho had been loafing I nt a distance, a slouching figuie of a ' man, sasv the ssaving hinds and heard the shrill tones in sshlch 11 old fid dler voiced his sorrosv He came, drag I ing his feet on the grass, and sat dossn beside the felloss of the sharp ejes and nudged hinr after he lnd listuncd for a time. "Suv. this sslll be easj picking, bo." he sshispered "He must hasp the nrlep of a leturn hidden on him Let's sou and me mike a bi other Job of It as soon as it comej daik." (TO BE CONTINUED) BE KIND TO YOUR AUTO Be kind to jour auto, for svhen it was new What gase jou a time half so, good? What caused jour Insention to jump ipto slew Oser things o'nlj half understood? Be kind to jour auto! You ough,t to be kind To one that's by gasoline fed. Its appetite alssajs will call to jour mind What the cockney philosopher said: Hit 111 'ad a hauto sot souldn't go Do je think Hi sould soilop hit? Ho, no, no' Hi'd gise hit gas an' saj, "Geesol Gee-so! fllsser-o'" " Be nice to jour auto if onlj because It enriched jour socabulareo By shosslng contempt for all natural laws, Which jou had to explain, d'je see. Be nice to jour auto! You ought to be nice Since jou know what jou'se spent In iepah What jou pay for is doubtless ssell ssorthjthe price, So add tills ssee note to jour prajers: If e'er I had-a fllsser upon sshlch I could lido 1 neser would Ill-treat it, ss hates er would betide. With gas I'd let it play Throughout the llselong dajt So snort, short, snort, my snorter, snoit, so snoit, GRir DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-ByDaddy THE THREE TESTS (King litrtl uoiitd iMitijl I'cggji'a placn as 1'ilnccss 0 Bit Aland, hut fails in testa imposed by the Mysterious Knight. tt'Aen he flees front n icild dog, the Knight meets the beast ) Till: MYSTMIY RLVUALKD mill: Msterlous Knight, trying to sub-1 JL due thoHUpposed mad Cog, clapped him In a derperHto hug The frenzied benat ctruggled tiercels, clawing all the while at the knight's supposed armor Had that minor been an. ordinary suit of ilotliPH It would base been torn to shreds In tho first minute. rinnl'y the knight got one arm around the dog's head in such a way as to shut off his whfd and hold him still. Then, to I'eggi's astonishment, the knight be Riin to pull out the brlsttes In the dog's noe V ' Oh, stop 1 lint's ci uel'" cried I'ei . wlio loulilu't brar to see een 11 mad flog tortured The knight went light on pulling out tho bristles, but his gal- lant sleeC which had kept close at lmm, durng ,, le eVcllemcnt lurne(1 towatd I'eggy and gae her another of thohe instlflng winks 'Please stop I" begged I,egg . "And let the poor beast suffer? That noum ue craei, wns tho knights strange anssser. "Theso brUtles are por 1 uplne (lullls. The dog met the porcu Pino thut.eseaped from us and ssas fool ish enough to fight him. This is whnt he got his snout and mouth filled sslth winning, piercing needles." Then Peggy understood and she ssas nshnmed for basing doubted the knight lie ssas as meiclful as lie ssas brase. 'There, that's a lesson for sou," said the knight to the dog as lie plucked out tho last need'e 'Xoss get home sslth sou nnd don't jou bother the blids again ' 'I he dog needed no peeond oidei He slunk ass a as fast as he could. BRUNO DUKE,Solver of Business Problems By HAROLD WHITEHEAD, Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint," etc. (Coprlelit) 27; PROBLEM OF JUL MA!SlOS CLEANING UP I'MPTY 1 I 1 was a 'bang-up' dlnrn that little Bangor Hotel sersed As soon as It ssas oser (and not until then) Duke .uiBsseied in question as to ssh tho Karabs Baj Bank Mist wanted' to fore close and then ss anted to teness the mortgage on The Barracks " ' Ono of the dhectors of the bank happens to be a ssealth) real estate man tealtor is what they call tliem Felses now and speclalizei in large es tates smarrea esute men sho td To" sell c'jrrncl,. anU through ,,, .hel J , interference -the deal nlwavs failed to materialize He hopes to get the propertj for tho price of the mortgage It ssould be a big. thing for him and so pu'ls the Tires, through the bank, to help his ossn game I assure sou, Peter, that sse'll base no help from 'I he SeaLoard Itealtois,' the name under sshlch the real est.ito man (his name Is Boarj-uan) ...,.., l,lo Vtclnoca TiwIppiI. SS O niHV PS t . opposi,on ,e can offer v . , ,, ,. . , .,, 1 Aslcston. Hie nreslCgnt of the bank. is a figurehead. Boarcman is the leal head Ajlebton knosss sshat Boardnian ssants. and I knew myJJireat to paj up the morlKnge ssould t-care Ajleston into renpssal Wouldn't It be better to transfer the mortgage and get lid of Boardman and his hold on the propertj ' ' "Posslblj, but that Karaby Baj Bank onls chirges 4 per cent, 'whi'e the Ness' York Trust Companj asks t, 'per cel,t and 2 per cent on twentj-flsc thousand Is worth saslng besides, there Is a whole lot of satisfaction In play ing the game sslth jour opponent's monej' " 'JThls problem's- got me puzzled, ' I UUIIlllltMl, A 1,4,1 OVC IW .....J ,J- . used that-bank instead of the trust com- ' pan j-, but now tliat jou base tho ex tension of the mortgage flsed sshat aio jou going to do about It?' The ss alter tame and bald, "The Bos ton paity is on the phone now, sir," so , he esciised himself to take Ills long-distance call When lie returned he lit a rresn cig.cr i nnd said I "I'se just arranged to base cK gar I deners here tomorross. The first thing we must do is to spend some monej in 1 making the place presentable." Ho snort, snoit assaj ! ALEXANDER. Copyright. 1919, by Punic Ledrer 1 tfjfcSfr W TPfc s J 3fe,t llv 1 1 t -yr .,lii "Gooil-Iis, csery onel Assay, assas, in) gallant (teed!" "The thlid test" cried the knight to King Bird. "Hurrah Hurrah!" shrieked King Bird, using down from tho tree top "Hurrah for the Jljsterlous Knight! Hurrah for Princess Peggy, ruler of Ulrdland!" "Are jou satisfied?' asked the knight. "I'm satisfied to let ou nnd Princess Peggy do the fighting for BIrdland, anssscred King Bird. "I'll do my own I lighting and that s enough " 'Good," snld the knight. "Pair Prin cess, the resolt Is at an end." "You're a braso fighter, Mr. Mjs terlous Knight," nckndwledged King Bird ' Uut I know 11 flier jou can't whip" '.Bring him around next sseek and sse sslll lmse a. tournes-," laughed the 1 Knight. "Xoss- I must scoil our fall princess home" He mounted his gal I latit steed and sssung Peggs up before hhn ' tSood-by, eseii one Assuj, assjj, my ga'lant steed '" Off thej set at n mens pace for 1 gase himself up to the enjojment of, his cigar foi a minute or so nnd then continued: 1 N ' That s one errot a'l tho lea) estate I men base Thes confine thcmsclses to the somewhat stupid plan of inerelj- ad sertlsing tlio propertj and sending or I biinglng prospects to slew it 'Look at the aserage "saj leal estate folk go about disposing or esin lcnling piopertj. tenant leases a house and the ossner puts it Into the hands of one o.- scseral leal estato firms to lent Thej stick up sll!v boards ssitlmut any sales ot adsertlblng salue In time nrosnectlse tenants die un the if.il es- fate agent and slesv yie place. .which is usually In the state of glorious dlsoider the late tenant left It. Can anj thing he less attractlse than a house sslth shabbs wall papers, dirts floor? and closets dlitv sslndosss, uncut lasvns and wecdj flower beds"' '"tlP." I objected, "jou could hardlj expect all the.e lealestatc people to clean up the place Tf niiP rllil It .in. other might rent It " 'Quite so, but if a leal estate man undeitook to look aftei propertj on condition he had sole sale or lental prls liege for a glsen period he'd hase an incenllse to do It. And a real estate man As ho alssajs has clean houses to rent or sc'l ssould attract trade natu rallj "Its Just as stupid to show nn un kempt house and expect to get full salue for It as to-shoss shop-ssorn goods and expect to sell them at flesh-stock prices ' "Am rtn frnlntr In lm.n llft l,nna, lt Boif cleaned, then?' I asked I "I surelj am," Duke cmphatlcallj an ssseiert "It sslll cost a whole lot of monej, wont It? And tho Carstalrc hase so Mule to spare especlallj- If jou sse dUnt sell "The Banacks'" "You're right, Petei Jt sslll cost a lot of mones to get the place Into sal able condition, but I hase a plan to do It sslthout anj- expense to the Car stairs " THE DAILY NOVELETTE A SPEEDY CONVERSION . By Florence E. Armstrong i si as prccuclj S lici 1 n.l i nv norn p 7ils Intr when Hollls Wlnsloss made resolution Tlio localWrom Turtle lllser I Junction, Use miles north, ssas wheezing ls unsttidy ssas- dossn the track, leasing Wlnslosv on the platform at Cherrydale, gloss ei ing liellesalj- after Its steadllj retreating, ssaserlng outline. ' That settles It" he exclaimed ns be turned sslth sasage stride tossaid the oulj garage In the slllage. "I'll adser tiso in tomorross mornings peper. SVho cser heard of a baekssoods place where I ho tralrs run ahead o'' time,' Tssice In sseek I se missed It. and the othei three times it ssas half an hour 1-le 1 Wlnsloss 'h business ssas" In tlio city. fifteen miles awaj, sshere he had Used until the last tsso jears Then, bj- the deeth of an aged uunt sshose especial fas oi he had alssass enjosed, he had in hetlted a huge old mansion In Cherrj dale, sshere tho old ladj had Used and died, and svhlther. In her sslll, she bade the young man come and llsv. It ssas under protest that Wlnslosv had compiled sslth this proslslon of the bequest This morning, hosseser, his dis like of the arrangement had blossomed into tlio full tiosver of rebellion, and the threats bo often mada and retracted, to forgo the possession or the piopertj, sshltii had become a sshiie elephant on Ills nanus, ssere tuiniieu. ms nrst act when the Cherrjdale automobile had back in the big grandfather chair be deiwsited him at the door of his ofllce fore tho ciacUling ssood fire. "What a bulldlnc-. ssns to telephone the Sentinel , ssonderful home!" she breathed. At and enter an adsertlsement for the sale of tho estate. As ho stepped from the accomipoda- tlon early Saturflaj- afternoon, Wlnslosv regarded the wintry landscape sslth pro- found satisfaction. He had an appoint- ment sslth a Jirospectlse bujer ssho ssas coming on tue nexi irain, anu me coun- trysido alssajs showed to bettei advan tage under this clear, bright sunshine Hosseser, It svas setj' haid going, he reflected, on these Icy roads, and the wind blesv across the open spaces sslth By HAY WARD Co, ! home, bul the knight kept urging his I gallnnt steed to greater and greater speed. I "ill MI 111 M! Hurry, hurry, hurry, inv gallant steed 1" he shouted, I Then Peggy got another surprise, fori I the gallant steed replied In heatd lam gilage: ' "Hee-haw I Hee-hass ! I'm galloping inv head oft noss. If sou ssant to gq , faster hire an alrplnnc." J "Balky Sam 1' gasped Peggy. And Balky faam It ssas. Peggy hadn't rec ognized hint before becauso of his S'elset trappings nnd the blanket sshlch had complete') disguised him. But ssho ssas the knight? Was he an other of her friends? I "HI Ml HI Ml A little mora pep, j my sprightly nag!" crlid the knight. i At that Balky Sam balked He stop ped short In his tracks1, and Peggy and the knight went sailing oser his head Into a clump of shrubbery. The shock sent tho knight's helmet flying asaj, and there he stood resealed before her, grinning his old familiar grin. "Billy Belgium! Wei!, jou did foot me this time," she cried 4 "And I'd base fooled sou longer lic-wai tins rascally old mulo hadn t balked, said Bllfy, rubbing his head ruefulls-. Balky Sam sat dossn In the road. 'I'll not stand to be called names, hd brased stubbornly. "I'm not a spright 1) nag" "That ssasn't calling names; that wai only an affectionate term used by knights of old to their war horses." 'Oh, then uli light," answered Balky Sam, winking at Peggy. "Climb on again.' They climbed on, and in a Jiffy there ssas Peggy back home. AVhat became of King Birds challenge to Sir Knight Bills will be told In the next story, (The next stoiy tells of a stranpt lonteit for the leadership of Bird land) , TOII"S nUSIMlSS JLT.STION What is a jobbert Answer will appear llonday. A.N Ml Kit TO 1KSTKRI1AVS IIUSI- ni:si qui:stion -I "sale on joint account" is a l)aniaction or some particular un. del standing by which n,o or more paittcs combine in contributing the necessary capital and services to buy and sell and shaic the profiti' or losses resulting thcrcfiom . T""""'" '" '"' l"c M: Whitehead will an. I "',?,',. "'! question f 6uj- I " sc'""' nt crying and employment. I Business Questions Answered 1 . ,, dsert7lnPn,' nS ?nl' Ie,?u.r." ,,?ura "'"dylnrt I h,i, ruling ssitn one or the foremont cdr- I hT,svpa"?1'"'' "fhuol". anj feel as thouah r ' ,VVW,r,u" ?il' l L ". ?..t which T untiM Uir- i? .r'""L Bt,ar "imn i ssoiiiu ko. to ncreaxe Th mi,, (ions I would like jou to un.s'er are thi? Is It easy to And a market for mV servlc and what would jou thlnlc ssas the b,"i was to eo nbout it? Also I svould like to knon- what ynu consider a fair alary for ;ersla of this kind I find svrltlnir copf for adE sery Interentlnn. In fact, I iMm p like eserj point of tho business 'l would like to connect With a concern havlne Urtre aclssrllslni; Interests one that would be wlll Inic to offer me a chance for advancement. I nm not afraid of real ssorlc, and would he sslllliiB to accept almost anjthlnit so lone as there svas n future to It ,. I hase a fair understanding- of the printing; trade: such things aa paper stock, tho.makinit of th different ensraslnss used In advertising-, and wnjld like to llnd a position sshere I could put my knowledue into real ssorl! M. C. P. Your sersices are ssorth from $10 a sseek up. depending on jusfhosv much jou do knoss and how well jou can apply It. Of couise, jour knoss ledge of the pi tiling business should be saluabie to scu You should make up your mind sshlch phase of adsertlslng jou svant to get into direct, bv mall adsertlslng. agency sscrk, etc. You will get further bv making jourself a master of one phase of adsertlslng than trying to tackle it in a mediocre ssiaj", a slolence calculated to ssseep a lighter person off his precarious foothold. Wlnslosv turned up Jils collar to meet the arctic blasts, shosed his hands dern down into his huge pockets, and strode on tossard the sshlte-plllared house at the joining of the crossroads. lie looked up suddenly as an Icy wind whistled through the rattling treetops, making a shower of crystals that danced around his feet. Approaching him from the angle was the small, trim figure ot a girl. He ssondered svhat mad errand could hase sent her out to tread those glassv roads this afternoon, svhen Mcte of itin?ng hatpins. he mo same blast caught her hat, irre- clutched sslldry-to regain it, struggled rranticaiij- to maintnln an upright posi tion, and collapsed In a little heap, from svhlch she endeasored In sain to arise. "Hurt? ' Wlnalow demanded anxlouslv ns he bent oser her. He had reached her side In tsso reckless jumps. "I guess net," Bhe leplled, making another etloit, and crumpled up again. "we u base the doctor here in a iinjv Wlnslosv said, as he unceremoniously lifted her in his arms and Carried her Into the library of the big house. For once he ssas grateful that he was not Using in town In bachelor apartments Half an hour later, when the doctor hall departed, Elizabeth Langdon drew a sigh of sheer happiness as she leaned her side stood a ten table on which Wlnsloss 's housekeeper had set forth J the golden bescrnge. svlth English muf- fJns and currant jellj. asserting as she did "so that this sparkling transparency was made from fruit raised on the premises, sshlch svas the finest anywhere aruunu me e-uuuiroiue, WlpslosvV turned abruptly from the lire, ssnereMie svas stooping to encour age the flames to leap still higher. His eye took in the pleasnnt domestic scene. An attractlse girl, who ss'as also a plucky one, before Ilia fireside made thing's look dlfferentlj'. "What a fool I'so been!" ho ejaculated. "f adver tised it for sale today and some one'n due here nosv to look it over " He mut tered something inaudible. "Perhaps he sson't take it." she of fered, "but It's perfect 1 All the simple dignity of It"1 she Indicated It with a Bsveiplng glance "Oh! If you had to Use In an apartment In the ltv as I do, and neser see the country dressed In Its Ice-clotlilng except on a Saturday afternoon, jou'd be willing to pay for" It sslth a broken ankle, too," sho ended laughingly. A harsh, Jangling sound Interrupted. S Inslosr stepped Impatiently to the tel tphone. "Who? McQuag? at Jenkins's drugitore? Well, don't come! rCan't help it, that's an owner's privilege 1 Korrj'. Bettei take the next train bacl. I hear It svhlstllng noss1. No, posltlvelyl you'll hase to hurrj', Mr, McQuagr, ll'a. ahead of time," tt Wlnslosv hung up the rccelscr with a chuckle. "Bletblnga on that Turtle Riser station master. He cut that short for me. The old codger Wanted to buy svlthout esen looking at tho placet" Kllzabeth's face ssore a charming ex pression ot suspended questioning. Wln slosv leaned across the table. "Perhapi I'd better not say yet svhy I changed my mind " he hesitated. Elizabeth'!! ejes dropped to her teacup. He stumbled and grew red. "Perhaps." Bhe said softly, "jou'd b a little ahead of time." ci 4 J l .l A 5 i who mutt sutler the most? I, an The next compJtU noreleHe 1 '. f 71 gkt jHU. to you out of a aweci MP Hie, , t , - -' , ijy. i Kt'&.. 'Sff'l. . J A .4. . . -X f -' SSB5.u 24 , CJS ShV. .;. A ?ii sn'- r-i,iftVMvsMWswifflisWsMmins i 1 1 if liTTirffllTfiOT Vn . ii n, mWffiV(Wm itr1'&eSJiMM'MMW'lllMsmflTrfOTiW
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